The California Supreme Court ruled yesterday that Proposition 8 should be upheld — marriage would be restricted to “opposite-sex” couples. They added that the marriages of gay couples which occurred prior to Prop 8 would remain intact. I’m not saying I like the ruling. I’ve said before that gay marriage ought to be legal and [...]

The 2008 Clergy Voices Survey involved surveying senior clergy from the seven largest Mainline denominations of Christianity — United Methodist Church, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, American Baptist Churches USA, Presbyterian Church USA, Episcopal Church, United Church of Christ, and Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) — on a variety of issues. The findings are not [...]

I mentioned the other day that HB2234 — the Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act — was delayed once again. It doesn’t look like it has the votes for passage, which is unfortunate. Our GLBT friends need our help. I wrote to my representative urging her to vote in favor of this bill [...]